سأسعف قلبي في الهوى بعذابه

سأسعف قلبي في الهوى بعذابه

وأترك ذكري خالداً بذهابه

وأترك ذكري خالداً بذهابه

I shall aid my heart in love with its torment,

I will comfort my heart in love with its torment

and leave my remembrance immortal through its passing.

And leave my memory eternally with its departure

وأمنع لحظي أن يفوز من الكرى

وأمنع لحظي أن يفوز من الكرى

بطيف خيال يقتضي سدّ بابه

بطيف خيال يقتضي سدّ بابه

And bar my gaze from gaining through sleep

And prevent my gaze from being able to win

a phantom vision that requires its door to be shut.

An image that necessitates closing its door

فسر بي رعاك الله يا داعي الهوى

فسر بي رعاك الله يا داعي الهوى

إلى منتهى وادي الأسى وسرابه

إلى منتهى وادي الأسى وسرابه

So journey with me—may God protect you, O herald of love—

Explain me, may God shepherd you, O lover of passion

to the farthest end of the valley of sorrow and its mirage.

To the farthest point of the valley of sorrow and its mirage

وعرِّج على حيّ الغرام وحيه

وعرِّج على حيّ الغرام وحيه

وسله متى نحظى بوصل ترابه

وسله متى نحظى بوصل ترابه

And turn aside to passion's encampment and greet it,

And pass by the neighborhood of love and its people

and ask it when we shall enjoy union with its dust.

And ask it when we will be blessed with the union of its dust

وروّح فؤادي من شمائل مبعدي

وروّح فؤادي من شمائل مبعدي

براح يهيم الصب قبل شرابه

براح يهيم الصب قبل شرابه

And from my banisher's graces, refresh my heart

And give respite to my heart from the attributes of my absent beloved

with wine that enraptures the lovesick lover before he drinks it.

With a breeze that makes the young man swoon before drinking